Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I

[bigdamnprincipal]

Everyone might have been getting ready for the fall semester, but it was definitely still summertime in Fandom. The temperature was high, the wind was low, and it was only going to get hotter once everyone arrived.

There were chairs and tables set out around the lawn, some in shady spots and some out in the sun, and there was a long table of moddable food culminating in a table full of ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet choices. There were also stacks of nametags for people to label themselves with, and lists to help folks find their siblings and roommates. With everything in order, it was time to welcome some new people!

[OCD is up! This is part one of the picnic, specifically for meeting siblings, roommates, and teachers. The rest of the picnic is happening here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[bigdamnprincipal]

They're the responsible adults of this whole get together. Ahahaha!

RE: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

So, apparently Hardison had been here long enough to be given a teaching buddy of his own. So long as he didn't get another robot, he figured he'd be okay. Especially since he recognized the name Didi from broadcasts, so it wasn't like he'd have to explain the whole island.

Thank god.

So rather than hunting down some poor, innocent new teacher and hopefully getting to them before the crazy could, Hardison figured he'd have plenty of time to get a plate of snacks and chat with people while keeping a weather eye out for his new buddy.

...And possibly get some idea of what to tell his new buddy that wasn't just geeking out over how awesome the Danger Shop was.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[living_endless]

"Oh,hi," Didi said casually as she sauntered up to Hardison, offering a hand to shake. "Hardison, right? You get to tell me all about how amazing teaching here is."

She ... actually wasn't being sarcastic.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[vdistinctive]

Eliot had gotten a decent look at some of the new students on the shuttle ride over from BWI, but he was still scanning the crowd and assessing any new folks he spotted. Old habits died extremely hard, especially when said habits had saved your life a few dozen times over.

The little bowl of bright pink sorbet was kind of ruining the whole badass hitter effect, though. Whatever. Watermelon sorbet was delicious.

RE: Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"So how was teacher buddy bondin' time?" Hardison teased. "You an' Agent Washington finally put your differences aside an' become the friends I always knew you were meant to be?"

Your boyfriend was an asshole, Eliot. FYI.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[askhimyourself.livejournal.com]

"I hear you're my teaching buddy," Claire greeted him, still not sure why they needed teaching buddies or what the deal was there.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie was so excited to be teaching again she was practically literally vibrating. Which was cool, because it made her voice sound all silly!

Which would be why she was vibrating slowly across the picnic giggling delightedly to herself. Because, hey, when you were the token brain-breaker of the island, you might as well go all the way.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

There is no responsible, only FOOD.

Parker was sitting on one of the tables, the better to be closer to the food. Scrutinizing the new kids and new teachers alike, and then occasionally popping out of nowhere to steal someone else's food (Eliot). Or spot (Hardison).

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

You would think that after all this time, Hardison would be immune to startling when Parker teleported next to him out of nowhere. You would, however, be mistaken. Which was why he was resignedly patting at his shirt with a napkin, trying to get the Squeeze Orange Soda out of the fabric before it set.

"Hey mama," he greeted cheerfully. It wasn't her fault he'd started. Okay, it kind of was, but--never mind. He was still happy to see her. "How much chocolate you have so far?"

He was trying to keep track so he and Eliot would know what kind of drastic measures they needed to take later.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[vdistinctive]

Eliot was absolutely used to how Parker seemed to teleport in and out (or was when he wasn't quietly freaking out with stage fright, anyway). He held his dish of sorbet out for her to take a bite.

A bite, Parker. There was a whole buffet over there for you to steal from, you know.

"You end up with a teachin' buddy this time around?"

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton didn't look particularly happy to be here, but what was new. He was pretty sure he was reaching the end of the period of time he could just spend locked up in his apartment feeling miserable, sure, but that didn't mean the island had to be all sunny about it.

At least he had a cantina trip tonight. That was his only consolation.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[saddeserthermit]

Now, now, narrative, Obi-Wan was responsible most of the time.

He was also hanging out in the shade in his Jedi robes, his eyes set on the students as they passed by. He was still unsure of his decision to remain on the island for the next semester, but also resigned to it; the island seemed to have little interest in letting him go.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara hadn't particularly cared for the picnics even when she'd been a student.

So she was so very happy she was expected to show up now she was a teacher, really she was.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[doubleohblonde]

Bond was there, having found a suitably discreet spot from which to observe the proceedings.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[furnaceface]

A simple class with a small handful of students this semester seemed more or less to be Jono's speed. He was actually looking like he was in a fairly good mood today, leaning back against the side of a picnic table and overlooking the proceedings.

Lord, how long had it been since he was that new kid, trying to avoid conversation with... everyone?

He wasn't going to admit it sort of made him feel old, no.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

Washington had no idea why people were so salty about his armor. It was pretty awesome and crowds. Crowds, people.

Aside from that, he was enjoying himself as much as one could while constantly scanning the crowd for any source of danger.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[living_endless]

Death had decided to teach on a whim, but she believed in following her whims,so here she was at the picnic. She looked about as she always did: Black tank top, black jeans, top hat, eye of Horus design accenting one dark eye. She seemed exceptionally young to teach, but then she always would.

She picked at a plate of nachos and watched the crowd.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[sith_happened]

Hey, Anakin had responsibility out the ass.

Not literally. Gross.

He drank coffee and glanced around at the new faces, hoping not to recognize any of them.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[askhimyourself.livejournal.com]

Claire still had no idea what had possessed her to stick around and teach rather than running screaming back to New York, but whatever, she was here. This was also her first picnic, which she thought was cute in a kind of weird, friendly way.

She grabbed a drink and stood around, looking a little awkward.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[bigdamnprincipal]

Zoe had sent Grace towards the food table with explicit instructions to not grab more than two flavors of ice cream, and set off to check out the new adults on the island. It was nice to know there would be a lot of teachers around this term, but she had to wonder, as usual, how much they really knew about their new home. For the moment, she was just hoping she looked friendly enough to approach.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[likethegun]

This wasn't Sam's first picnic, so he knew he was more responsible than some of the folks here, thank you very much. He was feeling a little nervous about the whole concept of teaching on his own, but raspberry sorbet was fixing that at the moment.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[so_hawkward]

Teaching again had been kind of a joke when he'd talked about it with Kitty, but the closer it got to the start of the term, the more excited Clint had become. Now he was balancing a plate full of food on one hand, and keeping his eyes on everyone's chests to search for his teaching buddy.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[weetuskenraider]

It was good to be back in Fandom, but now that Tahiri was actually here it felt strange to be here in this capacity. She was looking around at the students with a wry smile, wondering if they'd gotten smaller or if she was just older than she realized.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[tequila_squared]

Lito was not freaking out. At least, not on the outside. He was a professional like that.

At his side, only visible to him (or perhaps a telepath, but that hadn't occurred to him yet), Nomi said, "This isn't so bad."

Lito raised his cup to his mouth to mutter into it, "There's a pink pony over there."

"There's not--" Nomi looked, blinked, and then declared, "I've got to tell Amanita," disappearing and leaving him alone. Traitor.

Re: Meet Your Teachers [Fall 2015]

[never-dull.livejournal.com]

Hannibal had his own bag of food and drink, of course, but he was here and enjoying the weather and the people watching.